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败

Traditional: 敗

bài

HSK 3.0 · 4

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bài · baai6 (Jyutping)

  1. to defeat
  2. to damage
  3. to lose (to an opponent)
  4. to fail
  5. to wither

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

败

Meaning
be defeated, decline, fail
Radical
贝
Strokes
8
Components
⿰贝攵
Cangjie
BOOK
Four-corner
7884

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